Hi What typ of Banana Plant do i have plz?

LaLabella · 10-09-2012, 10:37 AM

Hello all i am new to all of this i recently bought a house that has banana plants about 2 weeks ago i noticed a hook formed shape growing out the center that later produced a purple pod that now hangs down pointing towards the ground. I would like to know what kind of banana tree i have and what i need to do... everday i new leaf opens up and reveals baby bananas under it. I live in central florida and it is october will these bananas do alright through the colder months?? when do i harvest them please i have no clue what i am doing here but am very interested in learning about bananas so i can continue to get more..... as i understand it from what i am reading i am to cut the stalk down to the ground after i have harvested the bananas and chop up the stalk and sprinkle it around the remaining plants...is this correct... please any information that can be provided to help me along my journey of caring for and harvesting banana trees would be greatly appreciated

LaLabella · 10-09-2012, 10:44 AM

i dont think my pics worked

LaLabella · 10-09-2012, 11:40 AM

Well since I couldn't seem
To get the pics to here I went to their facebook page and put them there... Perhaps I few can go there and give me some feed back thanks in advance :-)

caliboy1994 · 10-09-2012, 12:41 PM

Yeah, the pics didn't work. You could try uploading them to the photo gallery and then posting them.

LaLabella · 10-09-2012, 12:47 PM

I did post them somewhere on here lol not sure where they went though.... I did put them up on their facebook page and that worked I
Hope to get some responses :-)

caliboy1994 · 10-09-2012, 01:06 PM

I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it looks like it's in the AA or AAA genome group, so it's probably not that cold hardy. You might want to protect it if you want to keep the fruit.

LaLabella · 10-09-2012, 01:25 PM

Thats awesome you were able to grab them and put
Them here for me!!! Thanks so much!!!I tried putting them in the photo gallery as well and even though it said I uploaded them nothing ever showed up.... Strange...but hey thanks again for getting them here... Hopefully someone will be able to tell me something about them :-)

sunfish · 10-09-2012, 01:55 PM

I don't believe you need to protect it in central florida

sunfish · 10-09-2012, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaLabella

Hello all i am new to all of this i recently bought a house that has banana plants about 2 weeks ago i noticed a hook formed shape growing out the center that later produced a purple pod that now hangs down pointing towards the ground. I would like to know what kind of banana tree i have and what i need to do... everday i new leaf opens up and reveals baby bananas under it. I live in central florida and it is october will these bananas do alright through the colder months?? when do i harvest them please i have no clue what i am doing here but am very interested in learning about bananas so i can continue to get more..... as i understand it from what i am reading i am to cut the stalk down to the ground after i have harvested the bananas and chop up the stalk and sprinkle it around the remaining plants...is this correct... please any information that can be provided to help me along my journey of caring for and harvesting banana trees would be greatly appreciated

You can cut down the stem after harvest and sprinkle around plant but it isn't necessary.The stem is dead after harvest so you may as well chop it.The chopped stem is good for the soil so you can spread it around or compost it or throw it away it all works

sunfish · 10-09-2012, 02:35 PM

Info: General Growing Information - Bananas Wiki

LaLabella · 10-09-2012, 04:18 PM

Thanks for the post Tony... Really good info there... Any ideas what type of banana plant I have?

Olafhenny · 10-09-2012, 06:44 PM

Hi Labella,

here is a repeat of another post of mine elsewhere in this forum, detailing step by step the
uploading of photos:

1. Go to: bananas.org/gallery/uploadphoto.php?cat=500
2. click on ‘Browse’ or ’Chose File’ (depending on your browser)
3. Go to your folder, where the picture is located
4. Double click on the photo. That will transfer the location of the photo in your computer to
theBananas upload site. You can do that with 4 pictures at the time
5. Click on the red Process window. That will put the photo into your Gallery or if you don’t
have one yet, will open one up for you (if I remember correctly)
6. Double click on the photo. That will open up a condensed version of the photo (about post
card size). If you want to post the original size, click anywhere on the image.
7. Left click on “Code for bulletin boards:” at the bottom of the image
8. Then right click on it again
9. In the dialogue box click on “Copy” that will copy the Banana.Org address of the image
10. Go to your post and paste it, where you want it to appear.

That sounds a lot more complex, than it really is. After the first few hundred photos it will
come quite fluently.

Good luck!
Olaf
PS: If you have other uploading problems see here: Can't upload any pictures

blownz281 · 10-09-2012, 08:54 PM

Looks like Saba with huge leaves and the lime green down the center of he leaf.

venturabananas · 10-10-2012, 01:15 AM

Manzano. Apparently that is the plant of the day. (See other post on the ID thread today -- also Manzano.)

caliboy1994 · 10-10-2012, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by venturabananas

Manzano. Apparently that is the plant of the day. (See other post on the ID thread today -- also Manzano.)

In that case, it should do fine in the winter. Still pretty new to identifying bananas.

G.W. · 10-10-2012, 06:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by venturabananas

Manzano. Apparently that is the plant of the day. (See other post on the ID thread today -- also Manzano.)

Orinoco is the plant of the day in Central FL.
EVERY DAY.
I passed up 15 D orinoco bunches yesterday.

No need to protect it but expect extensive defoliation.
This will not prevent blooming the following year.

contact Howard Fertilizer in Taft 4078551841
or Diamond R in Apopka 4076563007
Sunniland in Sanford 4072912101

You are looking for 50lbs sulphate of potash which costs $25
This will supply potassium basically forever for a single mat.

Be aware that the 6-6-6 whatever you see is % active ingredient. (18% total and 6% K)
SOP is 0-0-52 (52% K)
that last number is K, and K is the most important number for bananas

don't get ripped off buying low strength fertilizer at a box store !!

Discarded lawn waste is the perfect free compost and increases the holding capacity of the (doubtless sand) to keep your fertilizer where you put it.

Dissolve 1/2 cup (roughly 1/2 pound) SOP in 5 gals water and pour near base of flowering pstem.
It's a bit late this year, but that will spur earlier flowering next.

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